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Bat Genome Research May Reveal Clues to Longevity

Stony Brook, NY, September 21, 2018 – Liliana M. Dávalos, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution in the Stony Brook University College of Arts and Sciences, has received a National Science...

September 21, 2018

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Researchers Prepare to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

STONY BROOK, NY, September 19, 2018 — As the United States prepares to visit the surface of the Moon once again, scientists from the RIS4E node of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute...

September 19, 2018

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Lung Cancer Survivor Rates Higher Using Multidisciplinary Care Model

Published study of more than 4,000 patients reveals better survival compared to standard care STONY BROOK, NY, September 12, 2018 – An investigation of short-term and long-term survival outcomes of more than 4,000 lung...

September 12, 2018

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DNA Analysis and Artifact Finds Provide Lens into Barbarian Past

Stony Brook, NY, September 12, 2018 – By taking extensive DNA samples from the skulls of individuals buried in two European cemeteries from the 6th Century – one in Italy and one in Hungary – and combining that data...

September 12, 2018

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Historical Milestone Honors First MRI Image, Lauterbur Legacy at Stony Brook

STONY BROOK, NY, September 11, 2018 — In 1971, Paul Lauterbur, a chemistry professor at Stony Brook University was eating a hamburger at a Pennsylvania restaurant and had a “Eureka” moment about his nuclear magnetic...

September 11, 2018

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Adolescent Users of E-Cigarettes Exposed to Nearly as Much Nicotine as Smokers

STONY BROOK, N.Y., September 7, 2018 – A new study that looked at nicotine exposure of adolescent e-cigarette users, specifically those who use the ‘pod’ vaping devices (ie, Juul), found that levels of urinary...

September 7, 2018

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LHC Scientists Detect Most Favored Higgs Decay

Scientists now know the fate of the vast majority of all Higgs bosons produced in the LHC Today at CERN, the Large Hadron Collider collaborations ATLAS and CMS jointly announced the discovery of the Higgs boson...

August 28, 2018

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Removing the Most Common p53 Mutation in Colorectal Cancer Halts Disease Progression

By genetically manipulating and removing the most common mutant form of the p53 gene that promotes colorectal cancer in humans, an international team of scientists demonstrated that this therapy reduces tumor growth and...

August 15, 2018

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Study of Ancient Forefoot Joints Reveals Bipedalism in Hominins Emerged Early

The feet of primates function as grasping organs. But the adoption of bipedal locomotion - which reduces the ability to grasp - was a critical step in human evolution. In the first comprehensive study of the forefoot...

August 14, 2018

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First In-Human Clinical Trial Targeting CD4 Protein for Aggressive T-cell Leukemia and Lymphoma to be Launched

Stony Brook University, iCell Gene Therapeutics, and the University of Louisville, have received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for an Investigational New Drug (IND) for the treatment of relapsed and...

August 7, 2018

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Scientists Develop Novel Approach to Spontaneous Emission Using Atomic Matter Waves

A research team led by Dominik Schneble, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University, has developed a novel method to explore...

July 26, 2018

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Study Shows Threatened Sharks Still Common in Fin Trade

Genetic analysis of 9,200 shark fin by-products in Hong Kong reveals that several threatened shark species are still common in the fin trade after being listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

July 23, 2018

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Scientists Explore New Experimental Model Systems to Advance Biology

Tremendous advancement of basic biological knowledge has come from genetically manipulating model organisms to test mechanistic hypotheses. But the selection of traditional model organisms available offers a limited...

July 19, 2018

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Two Stony Brook Researchers Receive Energy Frontier Research Center Awards Totaling $21.75M

Stony Brook University received notification from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that two proposals directed by SBU faculty to expand or develop Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) designed to accelerate...

July 17, 2018

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Study Shows Women’s Emotional Distress is Not Associated with Poor Infertility Treatment Outcomes

Study Shows Women’s Emotional Distress is Not Associated with Poor Infertility Treatment Outcomes Marci Lobel, PhD STONY BROOK, NY. July 13, 2018–Infertility treatments, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), are...

July 13, 2018

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Governor Cuomo Announces the Launch of the New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of the New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies (NYS RISE), a new "applied think tank" led by New York University and Stony Brook...

July 10, 2018

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Adding an Inert Polymer to Plastic Solar Cells Enables High Efficiency and Easy Production

Polymer plastic solar cells remain an industry priority because of their light weight, flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Now scientists from Stony Brook University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven...

July 2, 2018

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Targeting K17 in Pancreatic Cancer

Keratin 17 (K17), a protein that promotes cancer, may prove to be a key target gene in the battle against pancreatic cancer. New research involving K17 as a therapeutic target against this lethal disease is being...

June 27, 2018

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Category: Research

Bat Genome Research May Reveal Clues to Longevity

Researchers Prepare to Explore Extreme Lunar Environments

Lung Cancer Survivor Rates Higher Using Multidisciplinary Care Model

DNA Analysis and Artifact Finds Provide Lens into Barbarian Past

Historical Milestone Honors First MRI Image, Lauterbur Legacy at Stony Brook

Adolescent Users of E-Cigarettes Exposed to Nearly as Much Nicotine as Smokers

LHC Scientists Detect Most Favored Higgs Decay

Removing the Most Common p53 Mutation in Colorectal Cancer Halts Disease Progression

Study of Ancient Forefoot Joints Reveals Bipedalism in Hominins Emerged Early

First In-Human Clinical Trial Targeting CD4 Protein for Aggressive T-cell Leukemia and Lymphoma to be Launched

Scientists Develop Novel Approach to Spontaneous Emission Using Atomic Matter Waves

Study Shows Threatened Sharks Still Common in Fin Trade

Scientists Explore New Experimental Model Systems to Advance Biology

Two Stony Brook Researchers Receive Energy Frontier Research Center Awards Totaling $21.75M

Study Shows Women’s Emotional Distress is Not Associated with Poor Infertility Treatment Outcomes

Governor Cuomo Announces the Launch of the New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies

Adding an Inert Polymer to Plastic Solar Cells Enables High Efficiency and Easy Production

Targeting K17 in Pancreatic Cancer

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